On January 1, 2023, more than 180 new state laws will go into effect. These laws will affect healthcare, children in state care, reduced fees for seniors and more. Some…

In the future, everyone who wants to enter a federal secured space – including the departure gates of commercial U.S. airports – will be required to have a state identification…

The Illinois House and Senate convened this week for the second week of Veto Session. The session dealt with major issues of State policy on which action was required prior to…

State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) is calling for immediate hearings into the revelations from a recent audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The audit revealed IDES lost…

On the heels of San Francisco voters’ resounding move to reject their progressive District Attorney, State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) is renewing his call for the Illinois House to take…

State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) issued the following statement in response to Governor Pritzker signing Illinois Democrats’ record high spending budget that was jammed through the General Assembly: “The Governor…

While I would like to report that this year we saw the promised “new day” and a bipartisan budget agreement that addresses our long-term structural problems with the state’s finances,…

As part of a tax relief package advanced through the General Assembly last week, language from legislation that was filed by State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) to create the Manufacturing…

Speaking on the House floor, Rep. Tim Butler advances bipartisan legislation, HJR 92, to help the students of Lincoln College continue their studies at other universities and community colleges as…